Saddle-tree



(No Model.)

SADDLE TREE.

No. 424,625. Patented Apr. 1.v 1890-.

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ORRIN TABER, OF EAST SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE NASHUA SADDLERY HARDIVARE COMPANY, OF NASHUA, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

SADDLE-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,625, dated April 1, 1890.

(No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ORRIN TABER, of East Somerville, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Saddle-Trees, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of saddle-trees, whereby the checkrein-hook and seat or cap may be more securely held in position.

In accordance with this invention the saddle-tree has 011 its under side at a point ber 5 neath the seat two shoulders or abutments separated only the width of the flattened or shank portion of the cheekrein-hook, which is placed between them. A socket or recess is also formed to receive the end of the flattened or shank portion of the checkrein-hook, so that by the co-operation of both the shoulders and the recess or socket the said checkreinhook is held snugly against lateral movement or play.

As a fastening for the hook I prefer to employ a-screw, which passes through a hole in the flattened or shank portion of the hook, thence through a hole in the saddle-tree and into a seat or cap. To give a good and sufficient bearing for the said screw, I provide a boss on the under side of the seat or cap, which is screw-threaded internally to receive the screw.

Figure 1 shows in horizontal section a sad- 5 dle-tree embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a section of the saddletree shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line at 00, looking toward the right; Fig. 3, a section of the saddle-tree shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line yy;

and Fig. 4, a detail of the retaining device for the screw.

The saddle-tree consists of a plate of metal formed or bent to present two side bars or portions at or near a right angle with relation to each other. The saddle-tree has formed on its under side, at or near the middle, two shoulders I) Z), separated only for the width of the shank or flattened end 0 of the cheekreinhook c, which is placed between them. A

socket or recess is also formed on the under side of the saddle-tree, and the shank or end 0 of the cheokrein-hook is extended sufliciontly, as at 0 to enter the said socket or recess. The recess is herein shown as formed by forming a lip (Z on the under side of the saddle-tree, suitably depressed to receive over and upon it the said end 0 and above said lip d the material of the tree is cut away. The two shoulders I) b and the socket cooperate to hold the end of the checkrein or water-hook against lateral movement or play.

The seat or cap, as f, has formed on its under side a boss f, herein shown as quadrangular in cross-section, which fits snugly between two projections f rising from the upper side of the saddle-tree, the said projections holding the boss, so that lateral play of the seat or cap is prevented. A hole is tapped into the boss on the seat or cap, which receives a screw 2', passing upward through the hook and saddle-tree, said screw serving to bind or clamp the assembled parts.

It will be seen that the boss f affords sufficient material into which screw-threads may be formed to receive and hold the screw. The screw is herein shown as one having a scalloped head, and a small pin or screw 2 is provided, which serves as a key to hold the said screw 11 against rotation.

I do not desire to limit my invention to any particular form of saddle-tree, as the improvements herein set forth are applicable to saddle-trees of any form.

I have herein shown a checkrein-hook provided with a gravity-stop; but I do not herein claim said feature, as it forms the subjectmatter of another application, Serial No. 301,238, filed by me February 26, 1889.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the checkrein- 9o hook adapted to be secured to the saddletree, of the saddle-tree having shoulders I) b and a lip cl upon its under side, the shank of the hook occupying a position between the shoulders and the rear end resting on the lip, 5' and a fastening for the hook, substantially as described.

2. The saddle'tree having on its under side 10 sembled, the head of which is recessed or scalloped, combined with a retaining-screw adapted to co-operate with the head of the screw 1', substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of I 5 two subscribing Witnesses.

ORRIN TABER. Witnesses:

BERNICE J. NOYES, B. DEWAR. 

